EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 793, CUTTACK, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2018 /JAISTHA 3, 1940
FOREST & ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT
NOTIFICATION
The 21st May, 2018
No. 11644–ENV-II-04/2018/F&E.— Whereas, in exercise of the powers conferred
by Section 25 read with sub-section (1) and clause (v) of sub-section (2) and sub-section
(3) of Section 3 and Section 23 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and in
supersession of the Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2010, except as
respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central
Government have made the Wetlands ( Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017 in
the Notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Environment, Forest &
Climate Change No. G.S.R 1203 (E), dated the 26th September, 2017;
And, whereas, the Central Government have constituted the State Wetlands
Authority in each State under Sub-Rule (1) of Rule 5 of the said rules and have delegated
the powers to the State Government to nominate one expert each in the fields of wetland
ecology, hydrology, fisheries, landscape planning and socio-economic for the said
Authority;
Now, therefore, in pursuance of clause (xvii) of sub-rule (1) of rule 5 of the Wetlands
(Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017, the State Government do hereby nominate
one expert each in the fields of wetland ecology, hydrology, fisheries, landscape planning
and socio-economics in the following manner, namely :—
Sl
No.
Name and Designation/ Address
Field
Status
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
1.
Dr. Sudarsan Panda, Ex-Director of Horticulture,
Odisha,
N-4/81,
IRC
Village,
Nayapalli,
Bhubaneswar-751015
Landscape
Planning
Member
ex Officio
2.
Shri Surya Kumar Mohanty, Fishery Expert, Chilika
Development
Authority,
C-11,
BJB
Nagar,
Bhubaneswar-751014
Fishery
Member
ex Officio
